{"id":811,"date":"2026-10-08T07:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/?page_id=811"},"modified":"2026-10-19T22:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T22:03:26","slug":"nelson-trust-womens-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/our-projects\/nelson-trust-womens-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Trust Women&#8217;s Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\n\t<section class=\"wysiwyg-outer  fill section\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t <h2>Soroptimists&#8217; response<\/h2>\n<p>In 2013, Swindon Soroptimists took part in a nationwide Soroptimist project providing information to the Prison Reform Trust about provision for women in local prisons and the justice system. This information contributed to a report to government on reducing women\u2019s imprisonment. The project helped establish a connection with the Nelson Trust, which supports women involved in the justice system.<\/p>\n<h2>Local club actions<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2015, Swindon Soroptimists have supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nelsontrust.com\/womens-centres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nelson Trust Women\u2019s Centre<\/a> through a continuing programme of practical help, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donating clothes, toiletries, towels, bedding, kitchen equipment and household essentials for women setting up new homes.<\/li>\n<li>Providing food for the Centre\u2019s weekly Lunch Club and occasional food parcels.<\/li>\n<li>Preparing up to 25 Christmas gift bags each year, filled with useful toiletries and everyday items alongside festive treats and gifts.<\/li>\n<li>Donating Easter eggs and chocolates for women using the Centre and its staff.<\/li>\n<li>Raising more than \u00a3360 for the Centre, helping fund two garden benches to create a restful outdoor space.<\/li>\n<li>Helping staff sort donations and storage areas, supporting events and donating daffodils for International Women\u2019s Day.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting the Centre\u2019s work with women reached through its twice-weekly Sex Outreach Van.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1132 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-1-600x475.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-1-400x316.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"884\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-5.jpg 884w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-5-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-5-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-5-800x467.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-5-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-5-400x233.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Impact<\/h2>\n<p>The club\u2019s long-standing support has helped provide women with practical essentials, food, household items and thoughtful gifts at times when they may have little else. The donations also help women establish new homes and make the Centre a more welcoming place.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most importantly, the Christmas gifts communicate something beyond their contents: that women who may feel overlooked by society are seen, valued and remembered. The Centre\u2019s staff have described how much this recognition can mean to the women they support.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1114\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\"wp-image-1114 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-4-xmas-gist-bag-contents-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-4-xmas-gist-bag-contents-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-4-xmas-gist-bag-contents-400x365.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/10\/NT-Pic-4-xmas-gist-bag-contents.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of the 30 plus contents in the bags<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/09\/Christmas-Gift-Bags.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"807\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/09\/Christmas-Gift-Bags.jpg 807w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/09\/Christmas-Gift-Bags-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/09\/Christmas-Gift-Bags-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/09\/Christmas-Gift-Bags-800x435.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/09\/Christmas-Gift-Bags-600x326.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/148\/2026\/09\/Christmas-Gift-Bags-400x218.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":0,"parent":667,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"page-themes":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-811","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/811\/revisions\/1383"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page-themes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page-themes?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}